Tongue attachment



May 12,1925. 1,537,542

A. MATHER TONGUE ATTACHMENT Filed M rch 23, 1922 Patented May 12, 1925.

UNITED STATES,

PATENT-OFFICE;

ALonzo mmm; or rarnmenr, sasnaaonnwnn, CANADA.

TONGUE ATTACHMENT.

Application filed March 23, 1922. Serial No; 546,016i

"* invention is to provide a device which can be quickly attached to a vehicle tongue and which will prevent the neck yoke ring from accidentally slipping ofi' the forward end of the tongue.

A further object of the invention is to construct the attachment so that it can be readily manipulated to release the ring when desired and whilst wearing gloves or mitts as is common in winter time.

A further object of the invention is to construct the appliance in a simple, durable and inexpensive manner.

lNith the above more important objects in view the invention consists essentially in the arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter more particularly described and later pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 is a side view of the device attached to the tongue. 7

Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view of the device as it appears in Figure 1..

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detailed cross sectional view at 33 Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detailed cross sectional view at 4 1' Fig. 1. i

In the drawing like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

The tongue 1 is of the ordinary form, being provided with the forward wearing plate 2, die forward end of which is turned downwardly to provide an end eye 3 and a knee or stop at positioned beneath the tongue. The

customary neck yoke 5 carries a ring 6 which receives the forward end of the tongue and engages with the knee 4. Obviously the ring can escape off the forward end of the tongue unless some structure is provided to prevent such movement. The device which I provide maintains the ring on the tongue and thereby avoids accident. The appliance is constructed in the manner now described.

In a locationsomewhat back 'fro'm the for'-; ward end of the tongue I locate a pair of hinged clamping bands 7 and 8-, the bands; f

being connected at one" side of the ton ue:

by a hinge pin 9 and at the other side-by upper and lower connecting bars 10 and 11. the bands are so arranged that they can be readily applied on the tongue and when applied they are clamped securely thereto by a fastening bolt 12 passing through the bars 10 and 11. The undersides'of" thebands carry a sliding bar 13 of spring steel", the

ends of saidbar passingthrouglrstr-aps'M i and 15'secured to the bands.

In order to prevent the bar from es capin the ends are enlarged as indicated at 16 and 17. More or less centrally to the bar 13 I rivet the rear end of a spring arm 18, the

forward end of which is hooked backwardly as indicated at 18 and underlies the underside of the forward end of the tongue immediately in advance of the knee 4:.

A hinge 19 is secured to the forward end of the arm and the hinge carries two pivoted jaws 20 and 21 which are adapted to catch in behind the knee and are held in caught position by a cross bolt 22. The combined action of the spring bar 13 and the spring arm is to hold the hooked end of the spring 1 yoke and ring one presses downwardly on the hooked end of the spring arm which acts to buckle up the spring bar 13 towards the tongue, the ends of the latter bar shifting in the straps. Such an arrangement gives considerable clearance space between the hook 18 and the tongue end to permit of the removal of the ring.

In the above connection it is to be understood that the hinge 19 will turnto accommodate the down-pressing of the arm. As soon as the ring is released andpressure is removed from the forward end of the spring arm it will spring back into its original position as shown in Figure 1.

tongue by simply applying the bands and The arrangement of the parts allows the device to be quickly attached to an existing I bolting them and then afterwards bolting the clamping jaws to hold them caught on the knee 4.

, that I claim as my invention is 1. The combination, with a vehicle tongue provided with the usualknee, of a neck yoke retaining member having its rear end anchored to the tongue and its forward end bearing against the tongue to retain the neck yoke ring thereon a plate hinged to an intermediate portion of the retaining member, a

pair of clamping aws pivoted to said plate having their free extremities hooked to engage behind said knee, and means for securing said aws together 1n knee engaging relation. I

2." The combination, with a vehicle tongue provided withthe usual knee, of a neck yoke retaining member consisting of anarm haV- ing its forward end bearing against the tongue to retain the neck yoke ring thereon I and a bowed spring anchoring the rear end of the armto the tongue and capable of being flattened by pressure applied to the forward end of the arm to remove the latter from engagement with the tongue, and

means connecting an intermediate portion 4.. The combination, with a pole having the usual knee, of a bodily shiftable member connected at'itsrear end to the pole, and having its forward end normally engaging the pole in advance of the knee, a pair of pivoted jaws, and means hingedly securing saidaws to the aforesaid member to be carried thereby and means for holding the jaws 'in gripping engagement with the said kneei Signed at Moosomin this 21st day of November 1921.

ALONZO In the presence of:--

WM. J. SHEANE, JERRY TWOMEY.

MATHER. 

